re, motion and her smiles
Her wit, her voice my heart beguiles,
Beguiles my heart, I know not why,
And yet I love her till I die.

Her free behaviour, winning looks
Will make a Lawyer burn his books;
I touched her not, alas! not I,
And yet I love her till I die.

Had I her fast betwixt mine arms,
Judge you that think such sports were harms;
Were't any harm? no, no, fie, fie,
For I will love her till I die.

Should I remain confined there
So long as Ph[oe]bus in his sphere,
I to request, she to deny,
Yet would I love her till I die.

Cupid is winged and doth range,
Her country so my love doth change:
But change she earth, or change she sky,
Yet will I love her till I die.

From _Melismata_, 1611.

There were three Ravens sat on a tree,--
Down-a-down, hey down, hey down!
There were three Ravens sat on a tree,--
With a down!

There were three Ravens sat on a tree,--
They were as black as they might be:
With a down, derry derry derry down down!

The one of them said to his make[18]--
Where shall we our breakfast take?

Down in yonder greene field
There lies a knight slain under his shield.

His hounds they lie down at his feet:
So well they their master keep.

His hawks they fly so eagerly,
There's no fowl dare him come nigh.

Down there comes a fallow doe,
Great with young as she might go.

She lift up his bloody head,
And kist his wounds that were so red.

She gat him upon her back
And carried him to earthen lake.

She buried him before the prime;
She was dead ere even-time.

God send every gentleman
Such hounds, such hawks, and such a leman!
With a down, derry.

[18] Old ed. "mate"; but "make," which is required for the rhyme, was a
recognised form of "mate."

From ROBERT JONES' _Ultimum Vale or Third Book of Airs_ (1608).

Think'st thou, Kate, to put me down
With a 'No' or with a frown?
Since Love holds my heart in bands
I must do as Love commands.

Love commands the hands to dare
When the tongue of speech is spare,
Chiefest lesson in Love's school,--
Put it in adventure, fool!

Fools are they that fainting flinch
For a squeak, a scratch, a pinch:
Women's words have double sense:
'Stand away!'--a simple